Something Shiny

A few years before a few years ago, I lucked into a free ticket to see Holly Cole perform a holiday show at the old Guthrie Theater. I was already familiar with Ms. Cole, but I was still pleasantly surprised by the show. It was a nice mix of jazzy Christmas standards as well as some original works that were related to varying degrees to the holidays.

The last few years I’ve found myself looking for her to return for another holiday show and was disappointed to find she was only doing a few shows, and only in her homeland of Canada. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to find this morning’s paper had an ad for The Dakota listing 4 Holly Cole holiday show performances, a 7pm and a 9pm on both December 7th and 8th.

One of the reasons I like the old Guthrie, was it was a very intimate space and there wasn’t a bad seat in the house. Well, The Dakota is even more intimate-er.

So, I apologize for a “holiday” post on November 1st, but it’s for a good cause. Uh, well, not a “cause” per se… just listen to the song embedded above and then go get your tickets.

The Dakota

Holly Cole’s Baby It’s Cold Outside